I was able to ssh into this Mac Mini - M4 (from my older MBPro) with my login/passwd. Looked at the /var/log/install.log but I couldn't tell what went wrong. Looks like a failure on post login actions. Can anyone help/offer a workaround for this issue?

BTW, this is with new M4 mini about 3 months old. Essentially it is now a bricked unit.

Installation has completed login is successful but after 30 secs it returns to login screen safe mode does the same. tried recovery mode and reinstalled. Still in the login loop. what are my choices now?